Blakewell is certainly the place too catch double figure rainbows!
Blakewell Double!
SNOWBEE OPEN DAY AT BLAKEWELL
EXE VALLEY – CATCH AND RELEASE WORKING WELL
Anchor Lake has been fishing its head off ! One angler had 9 in under 2 hours and there have been a couple of 7lb fish in amongst some limit bags including this cracker caught by Daniel Stocker which was also tagged so he headed home with £20 and an Easter Egg! Despite the concerns about C&R making the lake hard we see no evidence of it and today of the 14 anglers fishing 7 are on sport tickets, all catching using a variety of tactics including washing line, straight nymphs & dries.
Matt Said – “I will be back to Paradise soon for one of those big commons”.
Matt Jacques, 45 from Birmingham, caught a 26lb Mirror from the Kracking Carp Lake. Matt fished on Peg 1, used one of CMCR’s ARSD rigs with a Paradise Baits Original Rasberry 12ml white pop up. He baited up with just a handful of pellets, crushed Beez Kneez boilies and some corn every hour or so. Matt Said – “I will be back soon for one of those big commons”.
ANGLERS PARADISE – Amy tempts Beastie off the top
ANOTHER LADY ANGLER HOOKED!!
Well done to Amy Wetherill who shared with us her Biggest Fish to date from the Magic Lake! It was great to see Amy at the Rig Clinic too, picking up some tips and advice for her future fishing!
TAKE NOTE BOYS AND GIRLS!
Amy Said –
“Whilst attending Anglers Paradise I caught my new personal best!
It may not seem much, but to me I was over the moon and still am!
This lovely beauty, which I have named Beastie, was caught from the Magic Lake off of the surface using a chopped down pop-up.
I love fishing this lake, watching the fish feed and getting excited waiting for the all important bite!
Beastie gave one hell of a fight and had my arm burning for over 10 minutes! This made the netting of him much more magical as the name of this lake implies!
This is the biggest fish I have caught so thank you to Anglers Paradise!
Let’s see if I can beat this new pb next year…..”
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AMY!
ANGLERS PARADISE – FISH OF THE WEEK
THE 1ST WINNER FOR FISH OF THE WEEK 2017 IS…
Craig Fisher who smashed his Personal Best with a 46lb 2oz Mirror from the Kracking Carp Lake!!
Craig’s Story –
“I decided to give the Kracking a go, hoping to catch one of the big carp and land a personal best! After seeing fish around the island, I decided to move up the other end of the lake. I cast out a foot from the island and just 15 minutes later it went off!
I couldn’t believe my luck – a whopping new personal best! A great start to a fantastic week. I celebrated well in the Bar after the Wine and Dine Night that’s for sure and even won the raffle twice!! A fishing moment I will never forget!”
Craig used a snowman rig with triple-n boilie topped with milky toffee pop-up.
Craig’s luck didn’t stop there either! He also caught a Personal Best Catfish from the Specimen Cat Lake 37lbs 12oz!! Caught on a halibut boilie topped with pink stink pop-up.
WELL DONE CRAIG!! GREAT 1ST FISH OF THE WEEK FOR 2017!!
Here he is with his Winning Fish and being presented his prizes by Zyggy and Zenia.
FISH OF THE WEEK IS SPONSORED BY BURTON BAIT ROLLERS LTD, THE BAIT ROLLERS OF OUR FANTASTIC PARADISE BAITS.
Open Match Report From Stafford Moor
Report From Joanne at Stafford Moor
Stafford Moor Fishery in Dolton,
we have just weighed the guys for our open match with 35 guys fishing on Tanners and Woodpecker. It was soooooooo cold today my hands are numb ! and that’s just weighing in !! Had a continental payout today .Our top weight of the day was from Gary Mealing peg 3 on Tanners lake with 205lb 2oz fishing 8mm pellet on the wag shallow well done Gal !
2nd place was Nigel Rhodes peg 10 on Woodpecker with 140lb 4oz
3rd place was Mark Layzelle peg 1 tanner with 193lb 1oz
4th place was Martin Heard peg 17 Woodpecker with 136lb 9oz
5th place was Mike Ogorman peg 34 Tanners with 161lb 11oz
6th place was Richard James peg 2 Woodpecker with 127lb 5oz
Section winners were :
Tanners Dave Stockton peg 6 Tanners with 157lb 2oz & Tony Burslem peg 35 with 125lb 3oz
Woodpecker Paul Goulding peg 8 Woodpecker with 89lb 11oz & Roger Crago peg 16 Woodpecker with 78lb 15oz
Carp Galore at the Moor!
The carp catches just keep on coming from Stafford Moor with Lodge Lake producing some stunning hauls of carp. A reminder to all who fish at the Moor it is a barb-less hook only venue. Fishery’s have every right to set rules that protect the valuable fish that swim within their waters. Fish care has progressed hugely in recent decades with unhooking mats and anti septic lotions now mandatory on most venues. A far cry from the days when the more caring anglers used old cushions etc to unhook fish. It would be great if one of the carp anglers out there could write a short article on fish care for this site?
Chrissy Waring AKA carp buster (one of them) who fished Stafford Moors Lodge Lake with husband Geoff. They were there for a day session in the double swim fishing with mainline cell boilies they had 6 fish out up to 25lb 8oz (Chrissy caught the 25lb 8oz )
Beth Mann fished Stafford Moors her 13th birthday and caught a 17lb 6oz mirror using tutti frutti boilie’s from a swim near the entrance to the spit on lodge lake.(Below)
James Sandford had 8 fish up to 16lb from the last swim on the dam wall on Lodge lake using hinders test bait nut 366 and Sticky Manilla boilies & Atlantic heat all with a sprinkling of particles. ( Below)
Rob Bradley who had 6 fish up to 23lb 8oz on lodge lake using squid supreme goo soaked boilies over sweetcorn.(Below)
Harry Collins (Haribo) who lives local , he had 8 fish out up to 17lb 4oz from the dam wall on lodge lake using Sticky Baits Manilla boilies.(Below)
Natasha banks some super Stafford Carp
Natasha Hamilton landed four carp up to 24lb from the dam wall on lodge lake using Hinders Test bait n365 and flavoured homemade Wafters over nut 365 crushed boilies & particles.
Plaice at home?
Ian Hooper fished a popular North Devon Mark to land this handsomely marked plaice tempted using king ragworm. He also landed small bass, whiting and smoothound. Whilst many anglers make the long trek to catch plaice from Chesil beach and other South Coast Beaches it is surprising what can be caught in our own waters here in North Devon. The use of smaller hooks and worm baits can bring a wide variety of species to the shore and who knows perhaps there are a few specimen plaice to be caught. I have heard eye witness accounts from divers seeing very large plaice off our coast. Perhaps we just need to adapt to unlock the secrets of the coast.
